Sweat-band for hats



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SWEAT BAND P0R` HAT S. No.2'91,157. Patented Jen. 1, 1884.1'

/////////illll Hlllillllllmn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT CHARLES COUOH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SWEAT- BAND FOR HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,157, dated January 1, 1884.

Application filed November '22, 18S3. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. CoUoH, a citi- -zen of the United States, anda resident of Bosing a modication.

It is well known that ordinary cheap sweatlinings of common split leather soon absorb perspiration and become soiled and offensive.

.Enameled fabric is more effective, but is also more expensive, and in time loses its efficiency.

To provide a most effective substitute for these substances, I use gelatine combined with alum, chromic acid, or other substance, whereby it is rendered insoluble in water, form it into sheets, and cut the sheets into strips, which `are bent and secured within the hat.

To facilitate the connection of the strip A, of chromatized gelatine, to the cap, I cement to the outer side thereof a strip, a, of fabric, with one edge, b, projecting below the strip A, and the edge is folded to inolose acord, c, as shown in Fig. 2, which is seWed in place, and this corded edge serves as a means of connecting the band in place by stitching, as shown in Fig. 3. The sweat-band thus formed is hard but thin, smooth, iieXible, and little affected v by moisture, `will not become saturated With 4o perspiration like leather, and will not crack and Wear like enameled cloth.

It will be apparent that although I have shown one means of connecting the insoluble gelatine strip in the hat others may be em- 45 ployed, and that the gelatine strip may constitute the backing of sheets of other material, as silk oil-cloth, Snc.

It Will also be apparent that a strip of other material, as silk oil-cloth, may extend partly 5o inside the gelatine strip, as shown' in Fig. 4,

where the strip c, lining the inside of the gelatine strip, also serves as a means of uniting the latter to the hat.

I elai1n-" l. Asweat-band for hats, consisting, in whole or in part, of a strip of insoluble gelatine, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in asweat-band for hats, of a strip of insoluble gelatine and a connecting strip of fabric, substantially as specied.

3. The combination of a hat or cap and a sweat-band consisting of a strip of insoluble gelatine connected within the hat, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT CHARLES COUCH.

Witnesses:

H. H. IIAYDEN, HAL BELL. 

